TRA Skills Assessment — Occupations, Cost & Time

Trade occupations — chefs, cooks, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, motor mechanics, welders, bakers and more. A positive TRA assessment is a key step to becoming sponsorship-ready for a 482, 186 or 494 visa.

Occupations TRA assesses

What TRA assesses

Assesses your trade skills against the Australian standard for your nominated occupation.

Pathways

Migration Skills Assessment (MSA); Offshore Skills Assessment Program (OSAP); and the Job Ready Program (JRP) — a workplace-based pathway for provisional-visa holders in Australia.

Timeframe & cost

Typical timeframe: MSA around 10 weeks; the Job Ready Program runs over a longer supervised period.
Indicative cost: from ~A$1,000+, depending on pathway (confirm current fees with TRA).

How it fits visa sponsorship

Employers on SponsorTalent search for candidates who are already assessed and ready to sponsor. Once your TRA assessment is complete (or underway), add it to your free profile — it moves you to the front of the queue for sponsoring employers.

Be found by sponsoring employers

Create your free SponsorTalent profile and note your TRA assessment status. Australian employers looking to sponsor can then find and contact you.

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General information only and current as a guide — assessing-authority requirements, fees and processing times change often. Always verify directly with the assessing authority and the Department of Home Affairs before applying. SponsorTalent is a marketplace and does not prepare or write skills-assessment evidence (including ACS RPL reports or Engineers Australia CDRs).